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Letters illuminating a legendary literary love affair and the young artists who made 1960s New York the world’s cultural capital.
Ted and Sandy Berrigan’s honeymoon ended when her father, a well-connected doctor, forced Sandy into a mental hospital, had Ted run out of town by the sheriff, and hired private detectives to investigate his friends. These intimate, irresistible letters, written over the course of their three-month separation, read like a passionate, epistolary novel—full of longing, intrigue, and gossip. They also offer serious advice for developing readers and writers, bring the thriving cultural scene in mid-twentieth-century New York to life, and serve as a day-by-day chronicle of Ted Berrigan’s developing voice.
Ted and Sandy Berrigan’s honeymoon ended when her father, a well-connected doctor, forced Sandy into a mental hospital, had Ted run out of town by the sheriff, and hired private detectives to investigate his friends. These intimate, irresistible letters, written over the course of their three-month separation, read like a passionate, epistolary novel—full of longing, intrigue, and gossip. They also offer serious advice for developing readers and writers, bring the thriving cultural scene in mid-twentieth-century New York to life, and serve as a day-by-day chronicle of Ted Berrigan’s developing voice.
Price: $19.95
Pages: 368
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publication Date:
12 October 2010
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781566892490
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
“This volume vividly preserves young love through Ted’s letters to Sandy while she was institutionalized—packed with rage, frustration, and thoughts about writing. . . . Even those unfamiliar with Ted’s poetry will be fascinated by the drama inherent in this collection.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"For anybody with a taste for Ted, this book is another sweet addition.” —Bookforum
“In addition to their emotional lovelorn narrative, these letters are valuable because they offer the reader a glimpse inside a poet’s working furnace, just as he’s approaching the peak of his powers. Co-edited by Ron Padgett, who continues to dedicate his substantial literary skills to bringing his best friends back to life, these letters generously rekindle Berrigan’s spirit more than a quarter century after his death.” —Rain Taxi
“A sad, and wonderful book about a pair of young lovers who completed each other—for a while.” —Poetry Foundation
“A lot of beautiful writing about love and longing and much else. There’s also a great visual section, reprinting some original scrapbook assemblages. All in all a lovely package, rich in language, idea and emotional content.” —Arthur Magazine
"For anybody with a taste for Ted, this book is another sweet addition.” —Bookforum
“In addition to their emotional lovelorn narrative, these letters are valuable because they offer the reader a glimpse inside a poet’s working furnace, just as he’s approaching the peak of his powers. Co-edited by Ron Padgett, who continues to dedicate his substantial literary skills to bringing his best friends back to life, these letters generously rekindle Berrigan’s spirit more than a quarter century after his death.” —Rain Taxi
“A sad, and wonderful book about a pair of young lovers who completed each other—for a while.” —Poetry Foundation
“A lot of beautiful writing about love and longing and much else. There’s also a great visual section, reprinting some original scrapbook assemblages. All in all a lovely package, rich in language, idea and emotional content.” —Arthur Magazine
Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), a central figure in the second generation of New York School poets, was the author of more than twenty books including The Sonnets, So Going Around Cities, and A Certain Slant of Sunlight. The editor and publisher of C Magazine, he also wrote art criticism and became an influential mentor to an entire generation of writers.